SHILLONG: The High Court of Meghalaya has issued a notice to police and others for the violent incident of lynching of Yakub Khan Nongkynrih in July last year in Upper Shillong.
Nongkynrih (30) was lynched by an angry mob with an allegation that he had sexually exploited a girl in the locality.
Nongkynrih was a tenant in the girl’s house at Nongkseh and an objectionable video of the girl was found by the brother of the girl in the mobile phone of the former which led to the violent incident on July 8 last.
The brother of Nongkynrih filed a case in the court seeking either CBI or CID probe into the matter since police did not do anything to prevent the incident. The petition filed through lawyer MF Qureshi said Nongkynrih was lynched by the mob in the presence of police personnel.
The petitioner said there was no attempt on the part of the police to rescue the brother of the petitioner from the clutches of the perpetrators of the crime.
“Police kept the investigation into the case in cold storage,” the petitioner said adding though two persons were arrested, they were released on bail a month after the arrest.
Police had arrested the father and brother of the girl.
According to the petitioner, police had information that the house owner and the family were trying to attack the brother of the petitioner but they did not act promptly.
